I'm sure the many hundreds of years of academic tradition in Medicine, science and the arts will be astounded by this discovery of yours. The foundations of our concepts of the legal rights of individuals, the root notions informing our governmnet, liberty and justice. All of that based on the wisdom of fools? Fascinating.

They were a coherent cultural force for a long, long, long time... Their ideals re-shaped civilizations that existed for thousands of years before them, and framed the major world civilizations that would come after them. Its their notions that burst out of slumber to in-part fuel the renaissance that broke the intellectual ice-age of the christian church and led to our own world order.

No, if you use the right measuring perspective, the Greeks are still alive and well, and practically running the world. They just are not from greece anymore.

DL